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ASC Games (abbreviated from American Softworks Corporation) was an American
video game publisher A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that have been developed either internally by the publisher or externally by a video game developer. They often finance the development, sometimes by paying a video game developer ( ...
founded in 1992. Formerly based in
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, the company quickly became a major publisher for games on the
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,
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and
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. The company eventually shut down on January 7, 2000, due to the financial issues that came with the ongoing delay of their upcoming game, '' Werewolf: The Apocalypse – The Heart of Gaia'', which was in development by BetaSoft Games.


Games Published

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Ten Pin Alley :''This game is not to be confused with the similarly titled Animaniacs: Ten Pin Alley, which was developed by Saffire.'' ''Ten Pin Alley'' is a ten-pin bowling simulation game released by ASC Games in 1996 and developed internally at Adrenalin ...
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* (archived) * Companies based in Fairfield County, Connecticut Video game companies established in 1992 Video game companies disestablished in 2000 1992 establishments in Connecticut 2000 disestablishments in Connecticut Defunct video game companies of the United States Video game publishers Defunct companies based in Connecticut Darien, Connecticut {{US-videogame-company-stub